Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Acting

Born:
1936-02-12
Died:
2025-05-07
Place of birth:
Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Biography

Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 - May 7, 2025) was an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, James Bond villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights, and CIA agent Jack Wade in the James Bond films GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

Known For

Filmography

Mud

Mud

7.12013King
Movie
Strange Wilderness

Strange Wilderness

4.92008Bill Calhoun
Movie
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007Self
Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

5.62005Governor Jim Applewhite
Movie
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

8.02004Self (archive footage)
Movie
The Commission

The Commission

4.52003Rep. Hale Boggs
Movie
Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

5.62001Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Movie
Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams

3.42001Dylan Garrett
Movie
Inside The Living Daylights

Inside The Living Daylights

8.02000Self
Movie
Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

6.72000Self
Movie
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

5.51999Buck Duke
TV
Poodle Springs

Poodle Springs

5.41998P.J. Parker
Movie
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

6.41997Wade
Movie
George Wallace

George Wallace

6.81997Big Jim Folsom
Movie
George Wallace

George Wallace

6.71997Big Jim Folsom
TV
To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia

8.01997Horace
Movie
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

6.41996Glenn Norris
Movie
The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

5.91996Sheriff Junius Candle
Movie
The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

5.41996Gerry Spence
Movie
The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996Gerry Spence
TV
Felony

Felony

4.81996Donovan
Movie
GoldenEye

GoldenEye

6.91995Jack Wade
Movie
Congo

Congo

5.61995R.B. Travis
Movie
Panther

Panther

6.31995Brimmer
Movie
The Underneath

The Underneath

5.71995Clay Hinkle
Movie
Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

4.91994Man in Black
Movie
Reality Bites

Reality Bites

6.51994Tom Pierce
Movie
Complex of Fear

Complex of Fear

6.81993Det. Frank Farrel
Movie
The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

6.01992Olaf Andersen
Movie
Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

6.31992Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Movie
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

7.31991Claude Kersek
Movie
The Children

The Children

4.91990Cliffe Wheater
Movie
Criminal Law

Criminal Law

5.61989Detective Mesel
Movie
Defrosting the Fridge

Defrosting the Fridge

3.01989Hunter McCall
Movie
Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

2.81987Snyderburn
Movie
The Killing Time

The Killing Time

5.01987Carl Cunningham
Movie
The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

6.61987Brad Whitaker
Movie
The Abduction of Kari Swenson

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

6.01987Sheriff Onstad
Movie
Getting Even

Getting Even

3.41986King R. Kenderson
Movie
Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

8.11985Darius Jedburgh
TV
Fletch

Fletch

6.71985Chief Jerry Karlin
Movie
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.11985Hunter McCall
TV
Final Justice

Final Justice

2.71984Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
Movie
The Natural

The Natural

6.91984The Whammer
Movie
Joysticks

Joysticks

4.51983Joseph Rutter
Movie
Wacko

Wacko

5.01982Dick Harbinger
Movie
Power

Power

7.01980Tommy Vanda
TV
Eischied

Eischied

7.01979Earl Eischied
TV
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

1978Chief Earl M. Eischied
Movie
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

8.01978Chief Earl Eischied
TV
The Pack

The Pack

6.61977Jerry
Movie
Speedtrap

Speedtrap

6.31977Pete Novick
Movie
The Shadow of Chikara

The Shadow of Chikara

4.61977Wishbone Cutter
Movie
Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash

4.61977Walkaway Madden
Movie
Mitchell

Mitchell

3.31975Mitchell
Movie
Framed

Framed

6.61975Ron Lewis
Movie
Golden Needles

Golden Needles

5.31974Dan Mason
Movie
The Outfit

The Outfit

6.81973Jack Cody
Movie
Doc Elliot

Doc Elliot

7.01973Aaron Hickey
TV
Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

7.41973Molly
Movie